By Samuel Ogundipe


Kidnapped Vanguard columnist, Donu Kogbara, has been released by her abductors, a Twitter update by her brother, Dumle Kogbara, claims early Saturday.

Kogbara was abducted from her home in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, on Sunday, August 30, 2015, by unknown gunmen who drove her away in an unmarked SUV.

Her family was present at the time the abduction took place.

“Pleased that my sister, #DonuKogbara has been released by her kidnappers in #Nigeria. She is back home. Thank You! for all support,” the tweet by Kogbara, whose profile says he’s based in London, UK, reads.

The tweet was sent around 2:07 a.m. Saturday, and it’s not immediately clear when the journalist was released or under which condition.

Police said they immediately launched an elaborate operation to free Kogbara after the news broke that she’d been kidnapped from her home.


Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, this week, told journalists efforts to locate Kogbara and safely bring her back to her family were being intensified.

Vanguard Newspapers has also released a picture of Donu Kogbara with Rivers State Commissioner for Police, Musa Kimo, shortly after her release.
WP has not been able to independently verify Dumle’s relationship with Donu, but he claimed to be her brother and several tweets confirming this can be seen on his Twitter page, @Dumlekogbara

Several telephone calls to the spokesman of Rivers State Police Command were neither answered nor returned on Saturday morning.



Source: http://westernpostnigeria.com/abducted-vanguard-columnist-regains-freedom/

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